Sunday, May 8, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday 5/8/11

Happy Mother's Day, everyone.

Couldn't recall any motherly sort of passages that didn't involve Epilogues and such, so instead, I offer you a toast.

More from my Regency WIP, Lilacs at Dawn. Our story up to now: The night before his wedding, Viscount Webb is shot while on a mission on foreign soil and loses consciousness clutching his bride-to-be's garter. Somehow, he makes it back to England in time. But his new bride, Sabrina, and his brother, Andrew, think he's drunk, rather than wounded, in shock and lightheaded from loss of blood.

At the reception, he offers his new bride a toast:

Webb rose, taking her hand. All eyes turned toward them as he swayed on his feet, lifting his glass to her.

"To my wife . . . the woman I would not die for."

An awkward silence greeted his words, followed by shocked gasps that made Sabrina's face flame.

"You mean 'would die for,' you ox," Andrew said.

"I know what I mean," Webb growled, his voice so low she had to strain to hear him, his hand tightening on hers so she could not turn away. "I crawled back from hell to be here."

Just to clear up a little confusion, tho -- Sabrina is Webb's first and only wife. This scene is toward the latter fourth of the book. The "misunderstanding" about whether Webb's drunk or gunshot doesn't last past their wedding night, of course. Webb's a war hero and has been blackmailed into doing some spying on the side. He doesn't want Sabrina or anyone else to know about his clandestine activities, which is why he hasn't bragged about being shot while on his secret mission in France. Enough people knew Webb was shot rather than drunk -- including Webb's father and Sabrina's brother -- for the wedding to take place as scheduled.

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Taryn Kincaid writes paranormal, historical and contemporary romance, sometimes spiced with a little humor or a lot of snark. Get swept away by her swoon-worthy heroes. Her latest, AMBER'S ACE, is her 3rd Black Hills Wolves book, following WOLF'S SONG and ANOTHER CHANCE in Decadent Publishing's popular multi-author series.
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